Now we’re off to the Pacific off the coast of Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands aren’t really a site that’s ever been on my list despite its wildlife.
Today in history:
1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. (Betcha didn’t know they had 3D-TV back then, huh? Neither did I! LOL!)
So, we’re leaving Arizona and heading off to Bhutan to visit the Taktsang Monastery which is also known as The Tiger’s Nest. It’s perched on a cliffside in the upper Paro Valley. A temple complex was first built there in 1692.
Today in history:
1878 – Actor Lionel Barrymore was born. He began his career on the stage, but began making movies around 1911. He’s probably best known for portraying the villainous Henry Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life.
1930 – The first night game in organized baseball history took place in Independence, Kansas.
I’ve been glued to the TV watching the weather coverage. We had our own share of tornadoes and especially flooding here in our area, but nothing compared to the poor people in Alabama. Just heartbreaking.
There’s nothing on TV tonight. So I’ll be clearing off some stuff from the DVR.
Did a small amount of reading on one of my own stories.
Reading: I’ve been reading some old children’s mysteries from the 1930s. The Penny Nichols series by Joan Clark which was actually one of the pseudonyms from the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
Today we’re off to Panama and the Kuna Yala Islands. You’ll notice their flag has a swastika on it. No, they’re not Nazis. The swastika is an ancient symbol from their culture which the Nazis hijacked for their own purposes. Tourism is one of their primary incomes.
Today in history:
1892 – Charles Duryea claimed to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1897 – Actress Constance Talmadge was born. Her career ran from 1914 to 1929. Her first big break was in D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance in which she even did her own stunts. She and her sisters Norma & Natalie all retired in 1929 with the advent of the “talkies”.
1919 – Leslie Irvin made the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute.
1927 – Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
1956 – Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
